The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ZEPPELIN
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More clues leading to the result ZEPPELIN
- Zane’s gutted, with chafed nipple in airship
- One of Groucho’s brothers almost landed on river, going north in airship
- Led, possibly, very quiet priest into Buddhist sect
- Inflatable craft evacuating Zaire past president on rising river
- Dual power priest involved in version of Buddhism that was full of gas
- Marx Brother shortly going up- river in aircraft
- Led follower to create flyer
- Sounds like lead balloon?
- Rock musicians led away to find air transport
- Group that’s missing led old flier
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The straight part
We know that "airship" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case airship = zeppelin.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ZEPPELIN mean?
ZEPPELIN noun- A type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century, designed to carry passengers or bombs.
- (by extension) A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.